[App_rpt-users] Beagleboard and USB URI dongle

[Steve Gladden]

> So does this mean you can run App_rpt & Asterisk on the WRT 54GL????
No! :-)

it only means I have an idea and was using that as an exaple on where
something like the simplesb channel driver might come in handy.




>
> Dont get me wrong, It would be great to run App_Rpt on the 54 GL. I have
> a number of them.
>
> But how would you do a radio interface? I dont see any USB ports on any
> of my 54GLs.

There's not.



>
> I'm playing around with the Intel D510 MB with a 32 G SSD and have 3
> Allstar nodes running on the board with URIs in full duplex with DSP
> Squelch and PL.
>
> I had 4 on there and it seemed ok but the load ave hit 1.2! so I took
> out one node and now seems ok with the 3.
>
> Perhaps using chan_simpleUSB might clear that up.
>
> Nice low power package but cost a few bucks~($325 CDN) but solid package
> and yes there is a fan in the enclosure so heat doesnt seem to be a
> problem.
>
> But I would like to know about what you had in mind on the 54GL.

All that I had in mind at this point was looking into it. :-)
As I have som many of them around here.

:-)

-Steve





>
> Jon VA3RQ
>
>
>
>
> On 2/15/2011 1:44 PM, Steve Gladden wrote:
>> Also Jim, THANK YOU! for creating this interface type..
>> There are many cases where I'd prefer NOT to do DSP on the PC /Board
>> puter.
>>
>> Especially when using older/smaller stuff.
>>
>> Such as a WRT54GL
>>
>>
>> -Steve
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> chan_simpleusb is basically a 'gutted' version of chan_usbradio. It has
>>> no
>>> DSP functionality whatsoever.
>>> It is designed for radios that provide COR and/or CTCSS detection
>>> signals,
>>> and will run FAR more efficiently
>>> allowing for use on MUCH slower CPUs.
>>>
>>> JIM WB6NIL
>>>
>>> From: yokshs at sbcglobal.net
>>> To: app_rpt-users at ohnosec.org
>>> Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 09:05:51 -0600
>>> Subject: [App_rpt-users] Beagleboard and USB URI dongle
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm curious about chan_simpleusb. Can it be used on a slower PC to
>>> improve
>>> performance?
>>>
>>> I'm running 2 CM108 fobs here on a P3/866 MHz with 512MB ram. This was
>>> my
>>> old EchoIRLP node PC, and it seems to
>>> work ok for Allstar, but I realize that it's below the recommended CPU
>>> speed for a USB fob node.
>>>
>>> My node radios have PL encode/decode in hardware, etc, so would I lose
>>> any
>>> functionality by switching to chan_simpleusb?
>>>
>>> Thanks.73
>>>
>>> Kyle
>>> K0KN
>>> --- Original Message ---Yes, it works quite beautifuly with the URI, in
>>> fact it will support 2 of them
>>> *BUT* only with chan_simpleusb. The CPU does not have the horsepower
>>> to do the DSP routines used in chan_usbradio.
>>>
>>> Why dont you wait for the LOX board to become available in production?
>>> It wont be long.
>>>
>>> JIM WB6NIL
>>>
>>>
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